Planning Board Clears Path for 860 Broadway Occupancy Permit With Conditions

Planning Board · Meeting of March 12, 2026

Saugus Planning Board authorizes sign-off on 860 Broadway project, contingent on $100,000 bond and five conditions. The board voted 3-0 with one abstention at a special March 12 session to allow Vice Chair Jeanette Meredith to execute closing documents once the developer meets requirements set by Town Engineer Todd Baldwin, including posting a $100,000 surety bond, completing all outstanding redline as-built drawings reviewed by peer reviewer Tetra Tech, and having all required landscape plantings certified no later than June 1, 2026, with a one-year warranty. A separate $50,000 bond for the Conservation Commission is being tracked independently.

All conditions must be satisfied before the building commissioner can issue an occupancy permit, and the developer faces a building sale deadline that drove the special session. Baldwin said of the drawings: "It should take more than three months to close out the red lines."

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of March 12, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.